SUPERMAN (2025)
Superman is very dear to me as a character because for a few years in the mid-1960s I was heavily into the comics (as well as Batman, Justice League and The Legion of Super Heroes) - I even used to read the Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen spin-off comics. I also treasure the first two Christopher Reeve films. And I am not a great fan of the James Gunn sensibility as manifested in 'Guardians of the Galaxy'. So despite the generally positive reviews I entered the cinema to see this latest iteration of the Man of Steel with some trepidation, but I'm pleased to say that some two-and-a-bit hours later I left with a spring in my step and humming the immortal John Williams theme. And that was despite the fact that a lot of the comedy beats fell flat for me, and that I wouldn't say the film includes any very memorable dramatic or exciting moments. And the least said about this version of Green Lantern the better, given how much I loved the Hal Jordan version back in the Silver Age...